deyja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteiːja/
    Rhymes: -eiːja
    Homophones: deigja

Verb

deyja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative , third-person plural past indicative dóu, supine dáið)

  1. (intransitive) to die syn.
    Hún úr krabbameini.
    She died of cancer.
    Hundruð manna dóu úr hor.
    Hundreds died of hunger.
    Við munum öll deyja!
    We are all going to die!
    deyja úr kulda.
    To die from exposure.
  2. (intransitive) to pass out from drinking
  3. (intransitive, of fire) to go out syn.
  4. (intransitive, nautical, of the ocean) to calm down, to subside
  5. (intransitive, of grass) to wither

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to die): andast, sálast, fá bana, látast, (archaic) deyja burt
  • (of fire: go out): slokkna
  • (of the ocean: to calm down): stillast, lygna
  • (of grass: to wither): falla, sölna

Derived terms

See also


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dawjaną, whence also Old High German touwen.

Verb

deyja (singular past indicative , plural past indicative , past participle dáinn)

  1. to die
    • verse 76 of the Hávamál (1996 translation by Carolyne Larrington)
      Deyr fé, / deyja frændr, / deyr sjalfr it sama, / en orðstírr / deyr aldregi, / hveim er sér góðan getr.
      Cattle die, / kinsmen die / the self must also die; / I know one thing which never dies: / the reputation of each dead man.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • deyja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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